PLACES OF INTEREST 
IN NEW YORK. 
American Museum of Natural History, between 
Eighth and Ninth Avenues, 77th and 81st Streets.—Open 
free every day except Monday and Tuesday, when there is 
an admission fee of 25 cents. Contains a fine collection of 
mounted birds, animals, fishes, insects, &c. 
BATTERY Park, at the southern end of the island.—Con¬ 
tains 21 acres, beautifully laid out. A wide promenade ex¬ 
tends along the sea wall, from which a fine view of the harbor 
maybe obtained. Named from the battery erected here by the 
Dutch settlers. The British army embarked here Nov. 25, 
1783, when evacuating N e w Y ork at the close of the Revolution. 
Brooklyn Bridge, connects New York City with 
Brooklyn.—Construction begun June 3d, 1870. Opened to V 
the public May 24th, 1883. Total length, 5989feet; width, 80 J| 
feet; height of towers, 278 feet; height of center above high V 
water, 135 feet; cost $15,000,000. Foot passengers, free; car JL 
fare, 3 cents, or 10 tickets for 25 cents. ¥ 
CASTLE Garden, in Battery Park.— Now New York J** 
aquarium. Formerly used for great popular meetings and 
receptions, afterwards the fashionable opera house of the 
city, where Sontag, Mario and Jenny Lind were first heard 
in this country. 
CENTRAL park, between Fifth and Eighth Avenues, 
59th and noth Streets.— 2% miles long and % mile wide. 
Contains 860 acres. It has twelve grand entrances,contains 28 
miles of walks, 10 miles of carriage roads, and 5 miles of bridle 
paths. More than 10,000,000 people visit the park annually. 
CITY Hall, City Hall Park.—Built of marble in 1803. 
The Governor’s room contains the portraits of all the 
Governors of New York State, the chair and desk at which 
Washington wrote his first message to Congress, and many 
other relics. 
CUSTOM House, Wall Street, Cor. of William.—A gran¬ 
ite edifice, the portico of which is supported by a number of 
columns 38 feet high, 4 l A feet in diameter, each cut from a 
single stone. All vessels arriving at and leaving this port 
must report to the Government officials here. 
Gen. Grant’s tomb, in Riverside Park at 123d Street, 
overlooking the Hudson River.—It is expected that the 
grand monument to the memory of Gen. Grant will be 
erected near the temporary tomb. It can be reached by the 
Sixth Avenue Elevated road to 125th Street, thence by 
cable cars. 
High Bridge, Harlem River at 175th Street.— A stone 
structure conveying the water of the Croton aqueduct across 
the Harlem River, at a height of 100feet; length, 1400 feet. 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, in Central Park, 
near Fifth Avenue and 82d Street.— Open free every day 
except Monday and Tuesday, when an admission fee of 
25 cents is charged. Contains a large and rich collection of 
some of the best examples of the old masters and modern V 
painters, and a fine gallery of marble statuary. n 
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IN NEW YORK. 
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Obelisk, in Central Park, near Metropolitan Museum, 
Fifth Avenue and 82d Street.—Erected in Egypt about 
^500 years ago. It is cut from one solid block of granite, 70 
feet high and weighing 40,000 pounds. It is covered with 
hieroglyphics illustrating the deeds and titles of the King 
of Egypt at that time. Presented by the Khedive, Ismail 
Pasha, to the city of New York. Brought here by Lieut. 
Gorringe, U. S. N., in a vessel specially fitted up for the pur¬ 
pose. The entire cost of transportation and erecting was 
defrayed by the late William H. Vanderbilt. 
POST Office, Broadway and Park Row.— Costing 
$7,000,000. There are sixteen branch offices. 
STATUE OF Liberty, on Liberty (formerly Bedloe s) 
Island. Modeled by the French sculptor Bartholdi, and pre¬ 
sented by France to the United States. The Statue is of 
copper-bronze, 151 feet high ; mounted on a stone pedestal 
154 feet high, making the extreme height 305 feet. It may 
be reached by boat from the Barge Office at the Battery. 
SUB-TREASURY, Wall Street, Cor. of Nassau.—Built of 
white granite on the site of old Federal Hall* where Wash¬ 
ington was inaugurated. The original building, erected in 
1700, was used for the City Hall. The first Congress under 
the National Constitution met here, March 4th, 1789, when 
the name was changed to Federal Hall. Afterwards used as 
the State Capitol, and then the present building was erected 
and used many years as the Custom House; now occupied 
for the storage of gold and silver coin, etc. The walls are 
five and six feet thick, and the roof is of solid stone four feet 
thick. It is guarded day and night by a force of twenty- 
five men. On the steps now stands a statue of Washington, 
the pedestal containing the very stone on which he stood 
when taking the oath, on April 30th, 1789. 
ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL, Fifth Avenue, 50th and 51st 
Streets.— The most imposing church edifice in the United 
States, costing over $2,000,000. It is 300 feet long, 140 feet 
wide, and 108 feet high. The twin spires on either side of 
the front gable rise to a height of 328 feet. The rich stained 
glass in its 70 windows was made in France and cost $100,000. 
The main altar, 40 feet high, is made of Italian marble inlaid 
with rare gems. The organ is one of the largest in the city. 
The Cathedral is open daily.' 
St. Paul’s Church, Broadway, Cor. Vesey Street.— 
Erected in 1764. A chapel of Trinity Church. Was attended 
by Washington, and his pew still remains, marked with his 
TRINITY Church, Broadway, head of Wall Street.— The 
richest parish in the United States, its annual income reach¬ 
ing $500,000. Was founded in 1697. The church was burned 
in 1776, rebuilt in 1788, and the present house was completed 
in 1846. It was designed by the famous American architect 
Upjohn, and required seven years to build. The steeple is I 
, 284 feet high. 
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